Net Asset Value(s)

ABERFORTH SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST plc ("ASCoT") The Net Asset Values ("NAVs") per Ordinary Share for the above company - calculated using a bid pricing basis for the securities held on the company's portfolio - as at the close of business on 31 May 2007 were:- Excluding Current Year Revenue = 902.47p Including ALL Revenue = 909.55p As at 31 May 2007, ASCoT held 106 investments, the largest of which represented 3.2% of investable assets. The market value of investments was £895.5m and total Shareholders' Funds were £898.7m. Details of the top 50 holdings, the portfolio's sectoral composition and other general information can be found within Aberforth Partners' website at http://www.aberforth.co.uk. ASCoT has bank debt facilities available to allow gearing of up to 8.9% of Shareholders' Funds of which 0.0% is currently utilised. The number of Ordinary Shares of 1p currently in issue is 98,809,788. Dividends are paid, semi-annually, to Ordinary Shareholders with the interim announced each July and paid in September and the final announced each January and paid in March. Contact - David Holland (Tel: 0131 220 0733) Aberforth Partners LLP, Secretaries - 1 June 2007 ANNOUNCEMENT ENDS
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